Review: Goetz, Wieniawski: Piano Concertos (Hamish Milne)
The performances by soloist and orchestra are first-rate but nothing can make these works very original.
January 11, 2011
Greg Keane
Greg Keane has been a Limelight contributor since 2008. He is a copywriter and has also lectured in music appreciation in the adult education sector. He has a prodigious collection of LPs and was previously a producer (aka the Dark Lord of Vinyl) of ABC Classic FM.
Articles by Greg Keane
Review: Josef Suk: Ripening, Symphony No 1 (BBC Symphony / Belohlavek)
The BBC Symphony seems to have assimilated a genuinely Czech sound into their playing.
January 3, 2011
Review: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Mahler; Magdalena Kožená, Christian Gerhaher; Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez)
The sound is so stunning it’s hard to believe these are live performances.
January 3, 2011
Review: Beethoven Violin Sonatas Vol. 1 (Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien)
Volume 1 is a complete cycle of the Beethoven sonatas, which do not traverse the same range of styles or psychological landscapes as the piano sonatas, string quartets, or symphonies.
January 3, 2011
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 8 (Sydney Symphony/Ashkenazy)
Music of this heft really needs majestic phrasing and it certainly receives it here.
January 3, 2011
Review: Korngold – The String Quartets (Doric String Quartet)
If ever you needed a musical snapshot of Vienna between the wars, this is it.
January 3, 2011
Review: Sibelius: Symphonies (New Zealand SO/Inkinen)
These performances don’t surpass the likes of Karajan or Kletzki but they are thoroughly recommendable.
January 3, 2011